Re: Debian on a Macbook (Leopard): Xorg installation leads to blank screen on reboot

2011-04-11 Thread Arvind
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 05:04:41AM -0400, shawn wilson wrote: > You must be really comfortable in your relationship (or want a quick escape > from it) :) :-) She is no geek, and is not passionate about computers, but fortunately she prefers the keyboard over the mouse/touchpad, and if she is told

Re: Debian on a Macbook (Leopard): Xorg installation leads to blank screen on reboot

2011-04-11 Thread Arvind
On Sat, Apr 09, 2011 at 11:27:48PM +0200, Davide Baldini wrote: > GM965 graphics controller is well supported now and should work > on defaults with your 2.6.32-5 kernel. > > By the first boot you told to start X you needed to manually > issue startx. > But since the second boot, standing at your

Re: Debian on a Macbook (Leopard): Xorg installation leads to blank screen on reboot

2011-04-10 Thread shawn wilson
You must be really comfortable in your relationship (or want a quick escape from it) :) At any rate, a virtual might serve you better. Either way, to debug this you should start without x - run level 1 IIRC. Or switch to another vt. Then, you can see what's happening - ps, tail -f, etc. Btw, did

Re: Debian on a Macbook (Leopard): Xorg installation leads to blank screen on reboot

2011-04-09 Thread Davide Baldini
GM965 graphics controller is well supported now and should work on defaults with your 2.6.32-5 kernel. By the first boot you told to start X you needed to manually issue startx. But since the second boot, standing at your description, the blanked screen after "some textlines" rolled up, would sug

Debian on a Macbook (Leopard): Xorg installation leads to blank screen on reboot

2011-04-05 Thread Arvind
Hello, I am trying to install debian squeeze amd64 on my girlfriend's macbook. It already has OS X installed, so this is a dual boot system. Following are the hardware specifications: System: Apple macbook, Intel core 2 duo - T8100 @ 2.10GHz, 1 GB RAM As explained on the debian wiki: http://wiki